Machine for making and inserting paper rings in can-heads.



I Nv NIRGZSKI a C. L. HUNSXCKER. MACHINE :FOR MAKING AND msmm@ PAPER mms 1N CAN HEADS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 23, 1913. l

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. ATTORNEY E. N1 MBZNSK-L C Ll HUNSIGKER.-

MACHINE POR MAKNG AND INSERTNG PAPER RING-S IN GAN HEADS,

APPLICATION FILED MAY 9.6, 1913.

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A.. T m E.. S T E E E S 8 wmassas Mrz/)Wwf INVENTOR@ ATTO F2 N EY E. N. MRoZNsKI L G. L". HUNSIGKER. MAGHINE POP. MAKING AND INSERTING PAPER `RINGS IN GAN BEADS.

v APPLICATION FILED MAY 28, 1913.j 4 1,087,040. I v Patented Feh 1i), mi@ y 8 SHETBr-HEET 5.

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E. N. MROZXNSKI C. L. HUNS'IOKER.

MAGMNE ma MAKING ND INSERTING )PAPER RINGS m GAN HEADS.

PPLGATQN EILED MAY 29, lQlS. v

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y 8 SHEETS-SHEET 6` i) f7 n E. N, MRZINSKI G. L. HUNSCKER. MACHINE FOR MAKING AND INSERTNG PAPER 'RINGS IN GAN EELDS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 28, 1913.

aaented Feb. 10, 1914.

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ihliTsEssEssl INVENTORS ATTORNEY "3. N. 'MRO'ZINSKI 2 G. L. HUNSEGK MACHINE Fo?. MAKING AND INSERTING PAPBIMNGS m CAN HEADS.

APPLIGTIONTILED MAY 2S, 191?. y

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i I l WITN Essi-:S @54M MACHNE FOR MAKFQ- This im'ontnn has mim-ence flo pap-u1' xrings in can heads; il; pl'mde :L machine which wi cu rings *from a continuous 'Wah (Lf-ph 101mm n these ringsn -mjphra m' fhmmel in the can hnd l bei stood that the term papm' i@ prvod'brmdly enough to cofxmwnighm DLn-r {el'nlas Sutaje for 'he pmpc e.

of the (w ncl the heads of ihQ (fam, which ne 00mm szubsezuonly#Earned i- @nds m" ngi hang ,eide uf punch@ journal bearings 5r4 for a main shaft 6 which on one end beyond the frame is provided with a pulley 7 for the application of power as by a belt, but this pulley 7 may be taken as indicative of any appropriate means for the application of power to the drive shaft. Mounetd on* the drive shaft 6 near the' ,pulley 7 a worm wheel 8 in mesh with another wheel l9 on an upright shaft 10 mounted in journal bearingsv 11 on an arm 12 which may constitute a. part of the frame -member 1. The shaft-1,0y rises to an appropriate height and there carries a bevel pinion 13 meshing with another bevel pinion 14 carried by one end of a shaft 15 mounted in bearihigs 16 fastl to the arm 12 at the lipp'er end thereof, which upper end, indicated at 17, is disposed in overhanging relation to the shaft 6 and carries certain mechanisms to be described. `The shaft 15 has mounted thereon between the bearings 16 a feed rollerv 18 having a portion of its periphery of reduced diameter, so that there-is left an active segment 19 of appropriate circumferential extent. The bearings 16 are inA upstanding relation to the overhang 17 of the` arm 12, and depending-yfrom these bearings 1 6 are hangers 20,.'carrying an idler 'roller 21 in nhderridingrelation and close to the feed roller 18. A '5 At a poi adjacent tothe feed roller 18 are supports 22.' eithery on vthe machine or otherwise disposed, and'these supports. are designed .to carry a roll 23 of vpaper in the form of a vvweb 24, which web may be of relativelyv great lengthand is sufficiently wide to permit cutting rings therefrom of appropriate diameter for the present inveru tion. web 24 is usually of paper, but the machine of the present invention is not necessarily limited to the use of a web of paper, Wherefore the term paper is used in this specilioation without limiting the invention to the sole use of paper, for any approspending to the\circumferential lengthof' the segment 19. The shaft 6 is assumed to be rotating continuously,|`and, therefore, the feed roller 18 being at all times positively connected with the shaft through the intermediate gearing described, is also vcontinu-` ously rotating, but active to feed the web 24 for only a fractional portion of a complete rotation, and lis inactive to the paper web during the remainder of such rotation.

It follows, thereforefthat the paper is intermittent-ly fed through the' machine and by a proper proportioning of the parts this`inter- .underriding the o-verhanging portion. 17 of 'the arm 12.l -This table is provided at sn appropriatev point in under'riding `relation to the web 24'in its'travel Vthrough the machine, with a passage 26, and the web 24 is supported at an appropriate distance above the table` by plates' 27 on opposite sides of the passage' 26, said plates beingI carried byv brackets 28 on the inner facs o the arm l2. To preventany catching of the paper web, the platesv 27 may. have their edges downturned as indicated at 29. The 'overhang 17 hasA a passage 30 therethrough in line with the passage 26 and at `the upper' l lend of this passagethere is provided a cago formed of an appropriate number of rods 31 in f circular' series, 'and ofan internal di- .ameterlas greatl as the diameter of the psssage30. .y l

Fast to the under face of the overhang 17 s. isa ring 32' having lits 'internal diameter. equal' to the diameter of the assage 30 and alinedtherewith, this. 'ring ing held to the overhang by bolts or screws 33 .or in .any other appro riatev manner. lThe ring n; 32 has' on thee geremote lfrom over-' hang 517 and about its cent1-'sl passa s groove. or rabbet 34 in which is seat lone end of acylindrical cutting die 35 with-its active end downward. That endof'the die seated inl-the` groove 34 may b e 'ofl greater external diameterthan the remainder of the die, but the active end, indicated at 36, is of l a thickness correspondingto the thickness`- of the paper ring to be produced. Within los f the die 35 near t e active end are teeth or catches 37 taperin `toward the active end of the die .until they merge into'the inner wall of the. die, while the upper ends are shouldered. These catches serve s. purpose ,nu to be described. Surrounfli' ghe dlie 35 y l is a stri pin rin 38 snu tt n t eexterior olf th dieg .at itsgadtiv'e slid. The stripping ring 38 has an exterior shouldered portion 39 normally enga ed by' a retainer ring 40 lia-vin an interna Hengel '41 engdging the shoul ered portion l39` of the stri `ping ring 38. The retaining ring 40 is h d to the ring 32 by screws 42 `or in any other appropriate manner, w ile spring 43 seated in pockets in the ring 2 between thel die 35 and the retainingring 40 bear s ainsi'.- the stripper ring 38 and tend to hol it in engagement with the ange 41,.in whic position the lower or active end of the stripper is about coinci ent with the active or lower -end 36 of the die35; There is provided another die 44 having a cylindricalactive end` iso 45 of an internal diameter such as to receivethe, active yend-,9460i the male die 'y suiiiciently elongated axially to forno a pocket in which is seated a blocle held to the counterhore 53,

the body of the die by screws ll-7?' or otherwise, and this block extends to the upper edge of' the active end peripheral portion is spaced from the inner 'Wall of the active end 45 by s distance about equal to the-thickness of the active end of the mele die 35. there is lodged a knock-out ring having at one end an inturned flange 48 in position to engage e shoulder' i9 on the block l5 per mitting the knock-out ring to -proiect beyoud the active end of the die lll for o short distance, say one thiity'-secondv ofen inch more or less. The block ed is formed With a tapering recess forming a seat for the reception of a pad lheving en external diameter such as to permit the psd to move into the ina-le die 35 and past the catches or lugs 8?. The pad 50, which may be of metal, is carried by one end of a rod 51- extending axially through the body of the die 44: and through the block 46 and through the shank continuation 52 of the die de, the

said shank continuation having en amel,

counterbore 53, in Whichis lodged spring 54; surrounding the rod 51, which' letter beyond the shank 52 is formed or provided with a head 5 5 against which one end oi the spring 54e beers7 the other end of .the spring bearing' against'the terminal. Wall of rlhe tendency of the s ring fis to maintain the pad seated in t e block 46, but when a force isbrought to bear upon the head 5,5 sufficient to compress the spring 5d the pad will move out of its sea-t in the bloei; 46. The pad 5D is guided in its'movements with the rod .5l-by pins 56 extending and movable through the block e6 and into the die 44 for en appropriate distance and also movable into and out oi. said die.

rEhe shank 52 of the die dll is seated in a laterally projectingarinj' on the upper end Do' a slide 58 mounted in doveteil chad nel 59 in an appropriate port-ion of the fra-meinember l, the slide 58 being provided With'la weer gib 60 adjustable by means of set screws 6l tapped through appropriate portions of the freine member n'opposite' sides of the slide ets 62 made fastto the freine l sind each carrying a set 'screw 63 in the path of o 'ring 54 surrounding .the die #el at a reduced portion 65 thereof, this reduced portion be- "64 and at the other end engage the ving intermediateo the shank 52 and, the 'of theh die 4d., Traversing the del in substantial per- 51 are pins 66 so die niain body main body of, the die ellelism with the rod osed as Vto each engage at one linocle out ring 4Z.

45 ol' the die, but itsV In the space so provided end the ringv 'through the passage 45 of the die and et tie suine time the block d6 shears e' f By mechanism toh'bedescr'ibed 'the slide 5d, together with the die -i carried thereby7 being held thereto by e set screw 67 engaging the shank 527 raised and lowered The extent of movement of the die is suiieient to carry the active end i`lu-iniol engagement with the stripping ring and then along-the male die 35, moving the stripping 'ring with .it and et the seine time compressing the springs of paper 224i at the time of consideration et rest, the

del shears a disk out off the blow consider/'lng that the strip is between the 'two dies and is edge. web

smaller disk from the first-named disk cut from the web 2.5:. As the die rises it moves ewey from the ring Si ,und the knock-out ring: 4T drops with relation to the die, or ifit does not drop it is readily pushed into the space between the inner Wall of the acl tive end 45 of the die te and the adjacent outer well of the block i6, this outer Wall of the block-also serving :is a shearing,f or cuttingY member in coactioii With the inner Wall of the die 357 so that the active end 45 of the die eA and the corresponding portion oi 'the block #i6 together form en annular cutter or die. This .leaves e' disk oi? paper inside the die de and by mechanism to be described the pad '5G is now forced beyond the limi oi' active travel of the diefei for a sufficient distance to lift the dish of peper out out rorn the interior of the ring above the upper edges of the catches 3?, tie peper .readily yielding to the catches end snapping bach over the top thereof so that when the parte are lowl ered the paper disk remains on the catches 37- While 'the ring is carried downwardly away 'from vthe path or' the web 2d by' its lodgjnient in the specs bet-Ween the members e5 and 46 of the annular die. The downward movement oi' the die fill continues until the upper edge of the die is about coincident with the top of lthe teble but just before its lower limit of travel is reached the screws 63 come into ei'igagement with the ring;` 64C and further downward movement oithe rind is stopped, Wherefore the pins G6 are held against the lowering movement and engage the knock-out ring 47 so that its movement is arrested 'before the lower limit of travel of the die is reached and the upper edge of the knock-out ring is projected through the top oill the die, thereby liitinp,` the 'paperring from the die and seid paper ring and the 'upper edge of the 'knock-out ring; slightly above the top of the table 25, i

"Then the paper ring is out from tile Web vv 24, the latter .is lifted upon the die 35 and would be liable to remain there when the ffiioveble 'or lower die is retracted1 but this is prevented by the stripping ring 38 which follows up the retracting lower die in the form of an elongated plate 68 With longitudinal slots G9 near the ends traversed by set screws entering the slide 589 so that the i'ideir may be adjusted lengthwise of the slide for a short distance. The shaft extends across the slide in close relavtion thereto and the rider is bowed out- "vfardly, as indicated at 71, to permit the passage of the shaft 3 Without interference with the rider. @n the G there is secured a cam 12, While the slide is recessed or slotted, as indicated at 73, and the rider is also slotted, as indicated at '74, to accommodate the cam. J'ouinaled in the slot Til of the rider are rollers 75, 76 on diametrically opposite sides of the shaft 6 and cam 72, so that when'th-e shaft 6 is rotated the cam 72 .engages the tWo rollers 75aiid 76 on opposite sides of thejcam and therefore urges the rider and with it the slide in opposite directions at such relative speeds lwith intermediate periods of rest as may;7 be determined by the shape of the cam, While the extent of travel of theslide depends upon the size of the cam, the parts being so proportioned that the die carried byithe slide is ri'ioved"actively, While the paper web 24k is at rest 'and returns to the low position and there remains quiescent While the paper web 24 is being actuated.

At the bottom of the slide 58there is a lip 77 'carrying set screwp .7S bearing against the bottom of a rider d8 so that this rider may be delicately' adjusted with respect to the slide and then secured in the adjusted position by thescreivsrm. At the upper end ofthe rider thereis another set screw 79 vvhich maylserve as a support for the free end of an arm 80 extending over the upper end' of the rider G8, and at the other end pivoted vto a xed portion 81 of the' main `frame. Fast to the rider is a linger 82-.so disposedtns to have the arm 80 in its path'aiidfarra'nged to actuate the arm S0 when ltlie'slide carrying the rider is elevated. positioning the finger 82 so as to be relativ ely` close to the pivot support of the 'erin' SOthe free end ofthe latter may be made to travel for a greater distance than the'slide and parts carried thereby, and itis the function of this arm S0 to engage the head 55 of the pin 51 and lift the pad 50 .as the dish; inside the ring cut by the 'dies is severed from the ring, so that the pad ma;7 elevate the cutdisk into engaging relation with thecatches 37. As'thevwaste disks are lifted bythe pad, 50 they accumulate iii the die 35 and in the passage 30 of the overhang 17 and ultimately reach the cage 31 from whence they may be :rings from a Web of paper the machine of the present invention provides means vfor moving the paper rings from the cutters or dies into position to be deposited upon can heads, the machine providing means for feeding the heads to a part of the machine Where the paper rings may be 'deposited upon the headsvand seated therein. To provide for the various movements, the can heads being fed one at a time from a reser voir to the ring receiving position and the rings being moved fromthe position where they are cut to the place Where they are deposited upon the can'heads,A all'in timed relation, there is mechanism acting uponthe rino carr inv and vcan head carr inv or b h D actuating devices which will now be described and which all receive motion lfrom the main drive shaft 6 through suitable gearing, shafting and other driving devices.

At that end of the shaft 6 remote from the pulley 7 and on the other side of the frame 1 from the pulley 7 is a miter gearwheel 83 meshing with another miter gear Wheel 84 on a shaft S5 mounted in bearings 86 on the main frame. 'The shaft 85 is perpendicular to the. shaft 6 and at the end remote from the gear Wheel or pinion 84 it carries another bevel pinion 87, this pinion. being on the side of the machine `remote from the shaft G. The pinion 87'is in mesh with another bevel pinion 88 on the vlower end of an upright shaft 89 having journal bearings 90 in a bracket 91 depending from a frame 92 andA attached to the main fra-me, the frame 92 being supported by the bracket 91. At the upper end of the shaft 89 is a bevel pinion 93 meshing with another bevel pinion 94 on a shaft 95 having journal bearing 9G on the frame 92 near one end thereof and extending at the other end through a block 97 provided with an'upright passage 9S through it and constituting part of the frame 92. The shaft 95 is at that side of the frame 92 adjacent to the table 25 at the edge of the latter remote from the passage 26, and at the side of the `frame 92 removed from 'the table 25 there is another shaft` 99 parallel with the shaft- 95 and provided near one end with a journal bearing 100, While the other end'has a jonrnal bearing in the block 97. The'two shafts are connected by gear Wheels 101 so as to rotate in oppositedirections; Where the shafts 95 and 99 traverse the block 97 they have toothed or corrugated portions 102 extending a short distance into opposite sides of the opening or passage 98. Rising' from the bloclr97 are rods or bars 103 arranged rin a circular series land constituting a cage upstanding from the block 97 and forming v continuation of the passage 98. This/*cage .Ul moves one-'D cvtfd ai ih@ fewfution of ll? amending through remajngr of mf?. 'b le pnsajage haads 1% and a thea ecepmde l OT; Y the teeth 12Go im@ during' the or amalgame'. puf

A l: l *g and H9, and #me :im umori Q1 the, shnt S5 the shaft '.1 @mommy by the engagement of the.

tions so thai: i@ Cove 115. The

spending gr elsag; h@ that the'tuhret 1055 given a the. heals ai. www@ movement will each 4 am am of GGG Wlth an anter- CSD ou m

D mm and akt-be Mms 0f 51nd the knockfk i Sage, 110/Zaini have a junction member 136 uniting their ends about the opening .110, thS J'UDCOIL member being4 curved in 001ifOI'Hgity with the peripheral por-tion of the opening and through thc curved portion 13G ofthe guide strip are grooves 137 corresponding to the grooves131 and the spacing of the pins 130.

If it be assumed that the parts are in the, position shown in Fig.u 5 with a paper ring 135 restingen the hheekecutring 47 and that a rotative movement hefiinparted to the shait121`sutlioient to. oarry an arm 124 across the passage 2,6 for one-thirdof a revos lution, then the arm 124 which is held so that the lowerends of these pins 130er@ higher than the top of the ring then upon the knock-outring 47, on its progressive movement reaches the declivity 1'28- and hence drops toward the pad 50 until the pins 130`Inay enlggage this pad and immediately afterward pass through the grooves 132 in the knooleout ring 47, engaging the paper ring 135 and as soon as the pins reach the Vgrooves 131 they'lnay drop thereinto until further downward movement of the arm is` arrested by the lower cam surface 127. The

heads and aper .malntalne i ,marginal channel paper ring is now propelled by the pins 130 engaging 1t at spaced points and lis guided by the' strips 133 and 134 until it assumes a out the position shown in Fig. 5 at an intermediate point. between the openings 26 and 110. On the next impulse given to the shaft 121 to impart one-third of a revolu` tion theret'o the ring 135 already considered is carried to the opening and willgravitate into this opening, the pins Vbeing lifted out of engagement with `the papery ring because the arm 124 is made to ride up the incline 129 until it rests upon the higher portion of the Acam 120, By the time the pins 130 disengage from the paper ring 135 the latter has reached a point where it may settle into the opening 110 in which latter there is valready deposited a can head 104. In the meantime a second ring has reached about the midpoint of its travel between the openings 26` and 110, so that on` the succeeding impulse to the shaft 121 the vcan head which has already received a paper rin is carried away vfrom the opening 110 an the next canl head in order on theturret 105 is brought beneath the opening'llO- to receive the next paper ring chme 1s running i from whlch rings are cut is `The can headswth which the machine of this inventionl iidesigned to operate are of own 'constructibnignd are'. .formed with a of guiicient Width to re` ceive the apex' ,rings which are cut to tit thechl] ,and ythese rings may be so pro portione'd ,the -fchannel .as to require Asome normally seated in the passage 108 of Jthe 'j thel table 25 is formed wi 'shoulder 140 sufficiently 4inset l in. order andadthe operation continues so long as the en ear 149 risingfrom,an overhanging nel and the supply Yof canl y Ybracket above a. bOSS CaI'r-ying atgppecidefavrolbjt 156 mounted on a littleV force to seat them therein thus proventing accidental dislodgement uring sub-V sequent operations upon the can heads which are applied to can bodies having terminal anges designedto in turn seat upon the paper. rings while the margins offthe can heads are folded or looked on to the flanges o of the' .can body, all this being 'a customary i and well known procedure. i

In order to seat the paper rings in/ the; grooves in the can heads the machine of the present invention is provided with ,two plungers 138 and 139. The plunger 138v is' plate 107 at a point just below' the lower ffa of the -turret 105, while the assage 110 in tli an internal toward the center of the opening to be enga ed by the margin of a-can head 104 when li ed by the plunger 138, which latter is arranged to have an extent of travel suiicient to raise a can head deposited thereon by the turret through thelatter and into engagement with the shoulder 140, While the plunder 139 has a suilicient vrange of travel. toA descend into. the opening 110 until it has pushed' the paper ring through the passage formed by the shoulder 140 and into themarginal channel in the can head, it being understood that the plunger 139 is appropriately shaped for this purpose. The two plungers 138 and 139 are timed in` o' eration to perform their functions while t e turret is at rest and ar-v ticularly after the paper ring 135 Ahas geen deposited in the passage 110, and, before the next paper ring in order reaches the passage 110, the plunger 139 is withdrawn therefrom while the plunger 138 is withdrawn from l the respectivev passage 106 in the turret 105 before the next. rotation is imparted to the m turret 105. l

.To bring the timed operation ofthe pluny gers 138 and 139 into effect, the shaft 85 has two cams 141 and 142 mounted thereon. 110

ese cams are in the form of -disks each with an internal cam groove 143 formed in one face. Entering thecam groove of the cam 141 is a pin or roller 144 carried by one end of a rec'procatin rod'or piston 145 mounted to slide in aearing 146 suitably supported in the main frame, and this piston or rod is connectedby a link 147 to one end lata rock arm 148 intermediately piyoted on the table 25, said bracket terminatin in a bearing 151 for a stem 152 carrying the plunger 139 at 4its lower end,

and the plunger 139 may be connected to the, stem 152 by a threaded pin 153 and lock nut 1I 154,` so that the plunger 139 may be quite accurately. adjusted. The stem 152 terminatos atv the end remote from `the head 139 headedY @m1721151 tappd le CIJ ` plates `into the boss' .l5-5, and this roller in turn engages between the two legs of a forli 158,

formed on the end of the arm 1&8 remote from the link M7 and on the side oi the pivot support of .lis arni'reinote from said link. lihen the carn lill rotates a short earn section 159 or the cam groove i453` causes a movement of the link le? away troni the axis of the shaft this movement occupying but a small fractional 'portion of the time of notation of the cam 141, While the remainder 'of the earn groove is concentric with the axis of the shait 85, so that the link 147 then remains quiescent'ya This active movement of the link 147 causes a rocio` .ing of the arin lil-8 in a direction to move the plunger 139 into the opening 110 and immediately withdraw it therefrom,

The plunger i238 is carried by the upper end of a piston or slide 159 mounted in a suitable hearing 16o in an appropriate por tion of the main frame and at the lower end the'slide 159 is bifurcated, as shown at 161, and there carries a. roller 162 engaging in the forked end 163 of a rock'lever i164: plv-- oted between ears i6?) carried by the main frame and in the particular instance shown depending` from a suitable portion et the main frame. '.llieend of the roel: lever 164: remote from the bifulcated end 16B carries a laterally orojecting pin or roller lot? engaging in e` cani groove irlci the cani 142 and this vcani Ovroove has a cani oortion ,167 directed toward the shaft 85, so that for a fractional portion of the rotation or the shaft and earn lll? the lever 16e is rocked in a. direction to incre the plunger toward the shoulder il() and then retract it,

While during the remainder oi the revolution of the. shaft S5 and cani 14:2 the plunger 13S remains miiescent in the retracted Dosi-- tion.

At the side of the machine reinote frein the feed roller i8 there is an idler roller Inoin'itcd on a brach Jt in Yposition to port the end ci the web 24% it passes from the machine.

1Vihiloihe operation of the machine has been touched upon in the i'lr'egoing description', it may he briefly and counectedly re ipeated Let it be assumed that there Web Qll: of paper suitable Width and and character threaded between the feed roller' i8 and the companion idler rollerQl and carried thence the supporting' 27 and over, the roller to any snit-- able point oi dise l. Le it. 'further he assumed 'that there is a suits e stach oi can heads 101i vlocated in vthe cage iii-ade up of the rods 103 and that the 1parts are all adviusted and set in motion t/by power applied to the pulley 7. The drivin g connect-ien bet-'Ween the main shaft G by vWay of the gears S and 9, shaft l0 and Frears l3- and l to the' feed roller i8 imparts rotative movement to the latter in a direction to feed the web 24C through the machine for a distance a little more than the diameter of the rings to be cut, this 'web passing'beneath the die 35 and labove the die fl/i.

As soon as the active portion of the feed rollin 1S has passed from engagement With the web 24 the. latter tends to move and then the cani 72 becomes active to the rollers 75 and 76 to raise the slide 58 and with it the` lower cutting die 44; the knock-out ring 47 then dropping into the lower die 44 unt-1l its upper edge is at a distance below the upper edge of the die. The rising movement of theby the linger 82 and engaging the head 55 of the pin 5l, While moving at a more rapid speed than the slide, the parts port-ioned to cause the pad 50 waste disk of paper above the catches 0r lugs 37 when the elasticity of the paper ".villbause it to rst yield and then'eXpand so that it is held by the lugs against falling. The. die le now drops until again substantially on a/level with the top of the table but the lrnoclcout ring i7 has 'had its loWering movement arrested bythe pins 66 and ring di engaging the stop screws 63. This projects the knock-out ring 47 for a short distan( say one thirty-second of an inch, above 'the upper surface of the table 25. In the meantime the stripping ring 38 has forced the web 2li from engagement Awith the'die so that Vit again falls upon the supporting and guiding plates 27 ready for a second forward feed which occurs after the die Lisi has dropped andthe web is stripped from the die 35, to be followed by a second actuation of thedie i4 and parts carried thereby. and the cutting of a second ring, and so on. As soon as the cutting die has dropped to its quiescent position the worm pinion 16 engages and acts upon the Worm Wheel ll in a nianner to cause it to rotate for a'iractionalportion of arevolution, this being'one-sixth of a revolution in the particular structure shown, and as the turret .1.05 is carried by' the shaft 111 to which the Worin Wheel 'i713 is keyed, the turret hasfiniparted to it one-sixth of a revolutirn. inthe meantime, however, the shaft 85 is imparting rotative movement to the` teeding shafts or rollers and 99 through to lift the the gear wheels 87 and 88, shaft 89, gear being prov ooY l therefrom, c

paper and movable into 'and ont of engage1 ment with the peper enti operative relation to the other cutting' `memher,` seidsecond nemedcutting member having concentric cutting' edges movable into respective ein bracing ,andl interior relation to the Erst named cutting member and lelse providje' with means vfor lifting the portion ofthe 'peper cut from the interior 'of the ring into position to be held by the engegin memhers Within the first-named cutter en means ass'ociiiterl with the cutting members for transporting the 'rings ascut Wholly away ,g 6. in e mechine for tile purposedescribed, .means -for feeding peper, n cutter for severing rings from the peper" comprising .enenf nula-r lcuttingl member ioceted on one .side of thepethy of the peper with e yieldehlc stripper exteriorto thev cut-ter, and holfiing ineens within the cutterpenotiier cutter. onv the side of the pet-h of the" peper remote froml the first-nemed cutter, lseid second cutter having cutting means movable -to both the exterior lemiinterior of the tiret-named cutter, "e lmocli-"out ring lodged between 'the inner end-outer cut-ting portionsof ythe second nemerl cutter', means on the eccomi` .named cutter relatively-movable with respect thereto to enter the rst named cutter into .operative relation tothe hoicling ineens f therein, saidvcutters having a'reletive movement to ceusethe cuttingfelements ofthe second neme cutter to 'he in respective'embracing Aend entering relation to the4 iirst Vrimmed cutter withl the .first named cut-tei' actua-ting vthe knoolrfoiit ringto thelinactive position7 end means ossociet'eiir with the cutters for transporting the'rings es cut Wholly away therefrom. f; r

'i'. In e machine' for 'thev purpose .de-

' scribed, a. cutter, and means for feeding peper thereccro'ss,v seid-cutter. comprising' stationery annular member having e`fst rip= ping vring exterior thereto and catches in, terior thereto and arranged inoverrigiing relation to the peper fed thereecross, en;

other cutting' member having annuler conycentric spaced cutting members arranged to receive the Erst namedcutterand movable to and. from the letter', :if knockout' ring lodged between the cuttingz'rnemlc-ers of the' seconll named `cutter,e plid carried by 'the y s-econdenemed cutter .interior `to the inner cutting member and' hevngie" range or" xnovement inde-penclentot the 'secondmain'eti eut.- ter7V ineens for reciprocsting the second#l named' cutter into and out of active relationt to vthe pepernnd' irst-nameclicutter', means forfceusmg the operation -of the. knockout ring to retrective ositioniluringfthe V out ting operation entl beyond the cutting edges or' the -secontie named cutter when` Vthe lett-er is .,retracteli, means' fontina-parting to the pmi n greater V41mth the cuttersfor to projecting-'position 8. In 'a machine for the -purposcf-iescribed,

two opposed coasting-annular cutters, one

lmovable @the other, vand seid cutters beingrelatedto cut a ring, means for reciprocatin'g one of the cutters, a carrying device movable with the reciprocatory cutter R into the' other cuttenmee'ns for imparting to the carni/in 'device e. greater extent of travel into th'eot ercntter than that offseid rcci ocatory cutter, and Ineens associated moving each ring. es cot' away therefrom.v

' 9. In e' machine for the vpur o se clescribeci,

reacting vsimular' cutters yone eine moveiiie owergi the other and related thereto to out e ring, means for reciprocating. onel ot; the

cutters, ek membercarrled bythe reciprocotory cutter and movable into the other Acutter, means for imparting to the lest-named members. greater extent of travel towertl the othercutter than the' extentof travel of i the cutter carrying it, holding Ineens on `the kcutter entered llov the said member, and -f means `associated W'ith the cutters for removing each ring as cut may therefroi'n.v

10; In a. machine for the purpose dcscribel, annular cutters related to severY rings from a webof paper introducecl he* tween the cutters, meansior. causing the re.l y

ciprocationof one cutter toward and from the other, an enga-ging member on the reA ciprocetory cutter having a greater' ronge of movement toward, the rstenerned cutter. y v.their the movementof the reciprocetory cut-`;

ter'in .the same direction',` meensvfor acausing 'the accentualted movement' of' said' member comprising. e motionl multiplying member in thefpath of and actuatcd'by the ineens `for causing the movement of the reciprocctory cutter and means associated with' the cutters for transporting the rings .as severeclwho'lly away therefrom. i

'11, In e.: machine for thev purpose fiesCribe, means for feedi'ngiv web of peper,4 e 'stationary annular cutter in overriding relationto the webofpaper, saidgennulsr lcutter khaving interior :holding -means or te'r 'iuumierrifbcetolpss,A a re'ciprocatogcut ing relation `to the w' fof paper, and rovi ed with nieenscoactng'wyith lthe -"rst 'rio namedV cutter for severing' 'a disk o paper from the lweb;-cgnresponling iilfliaxneter to the internal diameter' o f the tirsnsme; cut-f ktei", means carried' by thesecongneme one ter 'fffrr'engaging the out out disk of peper, mean; for imparting to 'I the disk-'engegng, means- 's tnoYemeni;` into thefrst-nemedi cui:-

terfqfo diance gresterthentle like move nient-"6i thesecondmnmedrcuter to propel.. l

the out .disk into feng-ege@'relation4 with g wholly therefrom'.`

jecting or retracting relation-with said cutj the catches-and means associated ywith the cutters for removing the `rings as severed 12. In a machine for the purpose described, -means for feeding a web of paper,

a stationary annular cutter in overriding reting members, means on a `fixed portiony of 'the machine for actuating the knock-out ring to projecting position vwhen the cutter carrying it" is retracted, a ad carried by thesecond named cutter and ofi-movement independent of the first-named cutter tov lift the out outriisk of paper Jifiito iengaging relation to thecatches, means. for reciprocating the second named cutter,'means actuated by the means for causing-the re-- ciprocation of the second named cutter for causing the increased movementof the pad, and means associated with that cutterin underlying relation to the paper web forv trans orting the paperf'rings as cut away there rom.

" 13. In a machine for tlie purpose described, inean's for feeding a lweb of paper, a stationary annular cutter in overridin relation to the web of paper and provided-with an exterior stripping ring and interior catches, a reciprocatory cutter in underriding relation to the web of paper and includ'- ing two annular concentric cutting members movable into shearing ,relation to theiespective outer and inner edges of the firstnamed cutter, a knock-out ring mounted on the second-named cutter between the cutting .p

edges thereof and movable into projecting or retracting relation with said cutting meinbers, meansv on a fixed portion of' the machine for actuating the knock-out ring to projecting position when the cutter carrying it is retracted, a `pad Acarried* by .the

j second named cutter andof a size to enter t-he first-named cutter, said pad having a range of movement independently of the first-named cutter .to lift the cutout diskv of paper into engaging relation to the catches, means for reciprocating the second named cutter, means actuated bv the means for causing tlie reciprocation of the second named cutter for causing the increased movement of 4the pad, the actuatingmeans for the second named cutter and nad comprising a slide carrying the second named cutter, a cam for reciprocating the slide and nthe paper web for transporting paper rings with anexterior stripping ring an of a size to enter the c first named cutter, said pad having a range j .named cutter to paper into engaging relation to the catches, -means for reciprocating the second name'd ;.cutter, and means actuated by the means for causin ment of the pad, lthe actuating second named cutter and pa ter with it, a rock arm inthe slide and in position to actuate t e pad, and m :slide and pad, saidpad being provided with .a stem or rod the cutter with it, a rock arm in the path of the slide and in position to actuate the pad and having motion multiplying relation to the slide andpad, and means associated with that cutter in underlying relation to '7 as cut away therefrom. 14. In amachine for the purpose described, means for feeding a web of paper, a stationary annular cutter in overriding relation. to the web of paper and dprovided interior catches, a reciprocatorycutt-er in underriding relation to the web of paper` and including two annular concentric cutting members movable into shearing relation to the respectiveouter and inner edges of the firstnamed cutter, a Iknock-out ring mounted on the' second-named cutter between the cutting edges thereof and movable into projecting or retracting relation with saidcuttingA members, meansvonv a'. fixed portion of the machine for actuating the knock-out,ring to projecting position v,when the cutter' carrving it is retracted, a pad carried -by the second' named cutter and of a sizeto enter the first named cutter, said pad havin ,a of .movement independent of the t liftr the cut out disk of range the reciprocation of the second name cutter. for causing the increased movemeans for the comprising a slidev carrying the second named cutter, a

for reciprocating the slide and the cutth'of the Cilm having motion multiplying relation to the having a spring for retaining itin the retracted position, and the motion multiplying means' acting on the stem in opl 4' osition to the spring, and means associated with that cutter i`n underlying relation to the paper web for transporting the paper ringsas cut away therefrom.

l15. In a machine for the purpose described, means for feeding a web of paper, a cutter constructed tosever rings from the web of paper land comprising a fixed and a reciprocatory member, a v.slide carrying the reciprocatory'inember, a plate mounted on?. the slide for adjustment longitudinally thereof, a cam for imparting reciprocation to the slide, rollers carried by th plate for engagement with lthe cam, land meansass'ociated with the cutter and timedV in operation to transport the paper rings as severed away from the cutter on the withdrawal of the reciprocatory member from the fixed. member. j ff 16. In a machine for the purpose itie- 1W thereon for adJustment longitudin'ally f 'the slide, rollers carried b the plate for en'n gagement with the-cam,vt e cutting member carried by' the slide having ari-interior member for engagin .-diskscut from the interior 'of the rings an havin" a greater range of active travel than the .s 'de,` means for cans ing said greater range of active travel comi5 prising 'a pivotedmember mounted on a xed portionl of the'machine and movable into engagement 'with -the disk' engaging member, a member Vmounted. on the sli e in lposition to engage the y pivoted member and impart an@ increased rate of. movement thereto over the 'rate of movement of `=the slide, and means associated with the reciprocatory member and Itimed in operation with n respect thereto to-transport/ .the rings asv severedl away therefrom. 17. I-na machinefor the purpose def scribed, means for the production of paper rings, and means for transporting the paper rings awa),7 .from the producing means comprising a rotatable series of arms each pivoted tof move towardand vfrom the paper v rings and each provided atpoints distant trointhe pivots Awith spaced'pins directed ytoward the path-ol. the paper rings, and 35, means constructed to direct 'the arms during a portion 'of the rotative movement to bring the ,spaced pins withinVv the inner circumference of the respective paper rings. 18. in" a machine for the purpose de- 'Lic scribed, means for the production of paper rings, vand ineens for the movement of the' paper rings from the point of production to, pointer disposal "comprising 'a rotatable 4 seriesf of arms each provided at, points diskl tant from the 4 axis 'ofk rotation with 'spaced y ameter of the rings, an elongated support for the 'rings overl which they'l'nayftravel, and; fhaving therein` spaced grooves `for receiving moving the'aims in succession 4 to bringl the pins within respective at the of' l support for the paperf-ringsjextending 'from the p-; aint ofproductiontclthepcintof die#` A y l n y f1 scribed, l a ltable vhinting-fspaced i passages.. therethrough, aV sha ff entend' g1 throughthej pesaba, seriesof armsgmova'blje over the sup e nos .fermiers-Giet* 'point orfdisposal of the rings:

pins'closer together. than the internal-v di-` the pins, said grooves beingfcurvedabout the axis ofvrotationoffthe Umstand-means for' roductionzof-'rings to' l the point of disposal, and means formoving -port'at the point offdi'sp'osal thereof, eacharm having means projecting therefrom toward the support to engage within armg,

and the support being recessed for the reception 'of 4the projectingmeans on the arms and conforming to thepath of movement of 'thering engaging projectingy means of the armsfrom the point of production' to Athe 20. In amachine for th ff'purpoje lIdea scribed, means for the .prductionlfof paper 830 rings, means lforl the c'isposaiofthe)paper rings at -a distance from the' point ci pro-'1l vduct-ion, a support forthe paper rings be-v tween the points o -production and disposal,

a series of arms movable in, successionu'over the support yand each provrdedvwith .spacedpins. separated va distance les'sjtha'nn the 4iii-vgv 'ternal `diameter ofthe rings to enter the# rings, the support having. grooves for the reception of the spaced pins 'and conforming' to'the pat-hs ofthe pins overthe support,

. andv means for moving-the arms toward and fromthe support to'engage' respective rings at the point of production and release them 'atfth'e point of disposal.

21. In a 4machine for' the purpose de scribed, .means -for the vproduction of Apaper rings, means for thedisposal of' paper rings spaced from thepolnt of production thereof,

a' ring supporting table 'extending between to sweep over the ringsv at the pointv of production and to-,move the rings over the table to the point of disposal, the arms moving about the axis of' theshaft and said arms beingr pivotally connected to the `shaft for movement on axesparalie'l withjthe table,

curved guides for the rings disposed on the table between the pointof productlon of the rings and *the point of disposal thereof in being also provided with spaced grooves between4 the guides 'and concentric therewith .concentricfrelation 4to the'. shaft., the table and reaching frommthefpoint of production. I

the point ofldispcsallfoflthe rings, and la fcamimember acti .the'niabove' the.

12221111 {,'inacnmedrpurposejdel table at a point intermediate of vthe passages arms pivoted to the shaft to move-toward and from the table and of a length to sweep over .the passages and the intervening space '5 about the axis of the shaft, the table being 5 members concentric with the axis' of the shaft and on opposite sides of the grooved portion of the table and .reaching fromone passage through the table to the other,` means at one of the passages for producing rings, of a size to Vmove over the table between the guides, and means at the other passage for disposing of the rings.

23. lln a machine for the purpose described, means for the production of paper rings, means for `transliorting the rings from the point of production to a -pointof disposal, means for delivering can heads to the point of disposal of the rings to receive the rings, comprising a rotatable turret in the form of a perforated plate with the perforations or passages of a'size to each receive a can head, an underriding member forming a closure or'the` passages'through the perforated plate, means `l'or depositing can heads one at a time in order in the passages through the perforated plate, and means for seating a deposited ring into a can head re ceiving the same 'and located in operative relation to the perforated plate at the point ofdisposal of the rings. y

,24. In a machinefor the purpose described, 4a table having a passage therethrough a rotatable turret in the form of a platehaving a 'circular series of 'passages there. :through movable one at a time beneath the aassage through the table, a member in underriding relation to the lturret and forming a closure for the passages through the turret, means for depositing .can heads one at a time in order,in said. passages, means related to the table-for forming paper rings,"

4.,afnd means for transporting the 'aper rings from the point'of formation tot e perfora- 'tion in the .table in timed relation to the movement of the turret'to depositthe rings one at a time upon the can heads.

25. In a machine for they `urpose described, a table having a paage t erethrough, a rotatable turret in the form' of a plate having a circular series' of passages -therethrough movable one at a time beneath the 'passage through the table, a member lin underriding. relation to the turret and forming a closure u( for the p through the turret, means ret to deposit the rings one at, a' time upon i over th'egrooved portion of the table, guide time and movable in timed' relation to the y `upon the can heads, and means for seating during the period of quiescence of the turmeans for transporting the pa er rmgs'frotn.- 'the point of production to t e` turret vand .ating means andl the means for transport@ ing the paper rings timed to imparta step ncan heads When deposited thereon,

vto cause the actuation thereof duringA the,l

'mittently acting means vfor propelling;

for depositing can heads one at a time in order in said passages, means related to thed i. v table for'formmg paper rings, and means for transporting the paper rings from the int of formation to the passage inthe tab e in timed relation to the movement ofthe turvthe ca n heads,the machine being also pro@ i vided'vv'rithcoacting means for seating a de? posited .ring in -aL-can head and located and ltimed in o eration to engage the can head andv ring w 'ile lodged in the v'passage of thorturretv dvhen coincident with the' passage through the table. i

26. In a machine for the purpose described, a carrier for a stack of can heads, a continuously movable memberfor releasing the can heads one at atime to the action of gravity, A an intermittently movablev turret having means for receiving the can heads one at n dropping of the can heads, means for the productionwof paper rings, intermittently movable means for trans orting the papel rings one at a time an depositing them the rings in the can heads and timed to uct ret and the transporting means.

27. In a machinel for, the purpose de.- scribed, a ifotatabletlurret having a. circular series of means forfreceiving and carrying can head/s, means for producing paperrmgs,

depositing the rings. on canheads carried by the turret, n/ivans for imparting a step step `rotativeniovementto the turret, guring connections between the turret. a,ctu.

by step movement thereto, an intermittently acting means for seating the 'rings in the l and operating means for the seating means .timed period of rest ofboth the turret and the. ring transporting means., v, A "1 128. In a. machine for the purpose' de-y scribed, a continuously rotatable drive'slnflk a cutter for'producing rings from a pa web, intermittently acting connections f, tween the drive shaft andthe '-'cutterfmt'y causing the operation of` the latter,

webv in operative relation to the ont rotatable turret for"re"ceiving can in means connected to4 the-driveghaft forh parting intermittentprogressive rotation t0 the turret, means 'for' trans ting the ring severed by the cutter. to an depositing them on the can heads .in the turret,eonnectim bgtwcen the intermittent drive the turret and the transporting means f impart timed intermittentl progressive ro- 

